Action Comics #968
I don’t expect future issues to delve deeper into deontological ethics or the metaphysics of time-travel, which is unfortunate, as Superman comics could stand for more sophisticated storytelling.
I don’t expect future issues to delve deeper into deontological ethics or the metaphysics of time-travel, which is unfortunate, as Superman comics could stand for more sophisticated storytelling.
The comics published presently must be made with futurity in min; they are today’s tapestries and vases, the repositories of our modern mythology, meant to preserve and pass down who we are as a culture.
I’d made the argument recently that Lex may well be more deserving of the “Superman” mantel than Superman himself… As it turns out I was very, very wrong.
The promise of a partnership between Damien Wayne and any son of Superman carries plenty of potential just from its premise alone
In comics jargon, “gutter space” is the blank area between the panels; save perhaps for the (admittedly awesome) reveal on the last two pages, the entirety of issue #966 could have been relegated to said gutter.
An outstanding homage to Alan Moore’s Dark Age classic “For the Man Who has Everything,” using the same themes towards a decidedly different take on the Trinity
Between Jurgan finally hitting his stride and Segovia proving his chops as well, Action Comics is beginning to make me a believer in Rebirth.
Hitch has yet to prove himself to be a bard worthy of writing the lays of our culture’s greatest gods and heroes
Christians view Jesus as God with His split-curl slicked back and black-rimmed glasses obscuring His face… As such, Action Comics these last few months has perfectly paralleled my own personal pilgrimage.
Manapul constantly cultivates continuity in service of characterization, not just reaffirming development that took place in the past, but making salient comparisons to the present plot.